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- Title
UK trial provides encouraging results for ovarian cancer screening.
- Abstract
The article presents the results of the United Kingdom Collaborative Trial of Ovarian Cancer Screening (UKCTOCS) which was conducted to compare the feasibility and efficacy of CA125 blood test and transvaginal ultrasound method in Great Britain. It is the objective of the study to identify the efficacy of both types of screening in determining ovarian cancers. Results show that both screening methods offer accurate and more improved diagnosis of ovarian cancer.
- Subjects
UNITED Kingdom; OVARIAN cancer; CANCER diagnosis; FEASIBILITY studies; BLOOD testing; TRANSVAGINAL ultrasonography
- Publication
Women's Health (17455057), 2009, Vol 5, Issue 3, p235
- ISSN
1745-5057
- Publication type
Article